A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Artinite from Val d'Aosta, Italy |
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| Description | The white mineral is artinite. Artinite, Mg2CO3(OH)2·3H2O (hydrated magnesium carbonate hydroxide), is a somewhat rare carbonate mineral. It forms in veins or as crusts associated with ultramafic igneous and metamorphic rocks including serpentinite. Fibrous, acicular and botryoidal habits are common. This specimen is 9 cm across. |
| Location | Italy. Near Aosta. Val d'Aosta. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-20. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #736. |
| Key words | artinite, Italy |
| Tech details | 660 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 828 |
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